top of page
MCKAY'S TRAVEL, OUTDOORS AND PHOTOGRAPHY


Next Stop - Cyprus!
After a long day at see, we had our next stop on the island and country of Cyprus. This stop is very underrated, we didnt hear a whole...
Mckay Jensen
May 4, 20241 min read
Â
Â
Â


First Stop - Rhodes Greece
Our first real port of call after boarding the ship. We were looking forward to this port quite a bit and it did not disappoint! This day...
Mckay Jensen
May 3, 20241 min read
Â
Â
Â


The Cliffside Monasteries of Meteora
Meteora was a bucketlist, once in a lifetime site we got to see on our trip. The stars aligned for us to be able to do this as it was...
Mckay Jensen
May 2, 20241 min read
Â
Â
Â


The Acropolis of Athens + Ancient Agora
On day 2 in Athens we started early in the morning in an attempt to beat the crowds to the amazing acropolis. We walked up the hill and...
Mckay Jensen
May 1, 20241 min read
Â
Â
Â


Athens City Center + Plaka + Anafiotika + Roman Agora
This was the first where we spent the first day of our big trip to Greece. We got into Athens and immediately hit the streets after...
Mckay Jensen
Apr 30, 20241 min read
Â
Â
Â


Death Valley Rally
For our 5th anniversary we did a weekend trip through Las Vegas to Death Valley. Las Vegas was a blast, we were only there long enough...
Mckay Jensen
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Â
Â
Â


Winter Campout Jan 2024
This was the first of hopefully many winter campouts in the Bookcliffs with the boys. We did a quick 1 night trip out to the dessert late...
Mckay Jensen
Feb 8, 20241 min read
Â
Â
Â


Bloods Lake
Took one of the last chances of the year to do a hike without snow gear. After an hour of driving through the fall colors we stopped and...
Mckay Jensen
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Red Pine Lake + Gloria Falls
Was able to do one last hike in the Utah mountains before the snow came. Made it just by a day. The hike was about 8 miles and just under...
Mckay Jensen
Oct 13, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Mount Timpanogos Hike
The group finally decided to just do it and hike Mount Timp. I knew it was not going to be the easiest hike I have ever done but I was...
Mckay Jensen
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone was the 5th national park I have been to in the States and it was amazing. We only got to do the western half of the park as...
Mckay Jensen
Sep 21, 20233 min read
Â
Â
Â


Taylor Swift. Aug 3 2023.
After being a swifty for over 10 years I finally had the chance to go see her on tour. Allie and I bought tickets right when they came...
Mckay Jensen
Sep 18, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Los Angeles: Food, great. The rest, not so much.
Though our trip to LA was brief, we got to experience the food scene pretty well. We went to a couple street food markets, ate at some...
Mckay Jensen
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Uinta Canyon MkII
Got the Jensen side of the family together again this year for Pioneer Day weekend. Though most people were in and out for the weekend...
Mckay Jensen
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Clyde, Wall, Lilly, Cliff, North Twin, Booker, Watson, Petit, Linear... Lakes.
Did a quick and easy 6 mile hike throughout the mountains and lakes in the Uinta Mountains, there were so many lake that were named and...
Mckay Jensen
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Fifth Water Hot Springs
For the 4th of July this year, we decided to do an early morning hike to the hot springs in Spanish Fork Canyon. It was an easy 5 Mile...
Mckay Jensen
Jul 5, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


14ers n Stuff, CO Springs
Take away from this trip, high elevation and thin air does NOT play around. Started the weekend with a quick and easy 6 mile hike but...
Mckay Jensen
Jun 30, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Flaming Gorge 2023
What started out as a fishing trip turned quickly turned into a casting trip. The Green River was gorgeous but the fish were not biting...
Mckay Jensen
Jun 21, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Arches National Park
Spent the weekend doing plenty of walking around red rocks and looking at bunches of rock arches. We spent Friday and Saturday nights in...
Mckay Jensen
May 27, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â


Somewhere on a Beach
There must be over a hundred beaches on Maui and we had the chance to hit up a lot of them. Some of them are better than others, of...
Mckay Jensen
Apr 19, 20231 min read
Â
Â
Â
bottom of page